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• Paul LePage doesn’t want National Monument designations for Gulf of Maine

  Republican Gov. Paul LePage  is expressing his disapproval of a proposal to designate areas within the Gulf of Maine as a National Maritime Monument. This specific Read More »
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  Judge throws out lawsuit accusing Alaska of mismanaging Yukon, Kuskokwim salmon fisheries

  A Superior Court judge in Bethel has dismissed a lawsuit accusing state officials of unconstitutionally mismanaging Yukon River and Kuskokwim River salmon fisheries, leading to a crisis on those Read More »

• Q&A – Dion Dakins on the hunting and eating of seal in Canada

  Seal: Too Cute to Eat? That’s the name of a panel that took place at the Terroir culinary summit late last month in Toronto, and a Read More »
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  ‘Carp cowboys’ round up invasive Asian carp as Illinois, federal officials debate costly measures to protect Lake Michigan

  In Illinois, current strategies have successfully reduced the leading edge of the Asian carp population by 93 percent since 2012, according to sonar scans. By removing Read More »
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  Newfoundland town fears for safety of seals swarming its streets

  Seals have been swarming the streets of a northern Newfoundland town, with residents fearing for the animals’ safety but being warned to stay away. Brendon Fitzpatrick Read More »

• Seafood Coalition Supports the Commercial Vessel Discharge Reform Act of 2013

  LoBiondo Introduces Permanent Moratorium on Fines for Incidental Discharges from Commercial Fishing Vessels – Read more here  Read the Seafood Coalition proclamation here  09:49 Read More »
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  Tropical Storm Michael prompts hurricane watches in Florida as it picks up strength

  Hurricane watches are now in effect in numerous counties along the Florida Panhandle as Tropical Storm Michael continues to strengthen ahead of an anticipated landfall as Read More »

• F/V Westward scuttled. She caught a lotta fish, and will for eternity.

  The F/V Westward, whose long career focused on catching fish, will now be attracting them. Fuller Marine Services reports the vessel was towed out of Boothbay Read More »

• Annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival set for this weekend

  Most people think of the Cortez Commerical Fishing Festival as full day of great live music, activities for kids and adults and, of course, tons of Read More »
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  Privatize – Eliminate – Consolidate – Gloucester groundfish sectors consolidate

  The decline of the region’s commercial groundfish industry has claimed another casualty — Gloucester-based Northeast Fishery Sector III. The sector, one of two Gloucester-based groundfish sectors Read More »
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  Oregon fishing season called off due to dwindling salmon populations

  An extremely low “abundance” of California Chinook salmon stocks and projected low spawning escapements has led to the cancellation of the upcoming commercial and recreational salmon Read More »
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  Exciting times, eh, commercial fishers? BOEM kick-starts New York Bight offshore wind farm auction

  The Biden-Harris administration published a preliminary sale notice today for a wind auction off the coasts of New York and New Jersey.  The proposal includes provisions Read More »

• Northwest Alaska villagers concerned about dead salmon washing up along Kobuk River

  For the last week, from Shugnak all the way down to Kotzebue, people are reporting dead fish washed up on the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River Read More »

• Researchers think industrious oysters could clean up Chesapeake

  WashingtonPost – Behold the tiny oyster. No, not on the half-shell, with a squirt of lemon, but in its watery habitat, the Choptank River. Out there Read More »

• Remembering the Klamath River fish kill of 2002 – Dan Bacher

  To refresh people’s memories, below is my article about the Klamath River adult salmon, published in September 2002. We cannot allow another big fish kill to Read More »
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  Fishermen lodge class action over toxic dredge spill

  A Class action is being brought against Gladstone Ports Corporation on behalf of commercial fishermen for losses they say resulted from large-scale contamination from toxic dredge Read More »

• South Africa: Nation Hosts International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).Convention of Tunas Meeting

   is a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) that is responsible for the management of tuna and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. South Read More »
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  The Coffee Break Challenge! – Make the Margaretsville Wharf Great Again, American urges his U.S. friends

  A Texas man who owns a summer home in Nova Scotia has launched an appeal in his home state for donations to repair a damaged wharf Read More »
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  Irish fishermen who faced down Russians now to protest against French navy’s military drills

  Irish fishermen confirmed they are to mount major protests off the south-west coast in a bid to prevent the French navy staging military exercises later this Read More »
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  A child calling Santa reached NORAD instead. Christmas Eve was never the same.

  Col. Harry Shoup was a real by-the-book guy. At home, his two daughters were limited to phone calls of no more than three minutes (monitored by Read More »

• Point Pleasant Beach, NJ

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• Coast Guard crew assists fishing vessel south of Cape Ann

  A rescue crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo assisted a disabled fishing vessel Saturday 40 miles south of Cape Ann. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston Read More »

• ICYMI: A look into Magnuson-Stevens with On the Record with Greta Van Susteren

  Posted by Committee Press Office on September 16, 2013 – Last week, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren took a look at Northeastern fishermen whose Read More »
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  MPA’s: Trawlers allowed to fish in E.U. marine (un)protected areas – “We were surprised to find this,” said Boris Worm

  Marine Protected Areas appear to not be particularly protected. At least not around Europe. A study released Thursday in the journal Science found that trawling efforts Read More »

• Hijinks on the high seas – Crab boats allegedly work extra pots

  PACIFIC OCEAN — Looking out over the rolling swells of the Columbia Bar on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 9, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officer Read More »